First Lady of Texas Miriam Amanda 'Ma' Wallace
1875 - 1961 (86 years)
1. First Lady of Texas Miriam Amanda 'Ma' Wallace was born on 13 Jun 1875 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA (daughter of Joseph Lapsley 'Joe' Wallace and Eliza Elmira Garrison); died on 25 Jun 1961 in Temple, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1880, Bell County, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
- Census: 1910, Temple, Bell, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Census: 1920, Temple, Bell, Texas, USA; Relation to Head: Wife; Residence Marital Status: Married to James Ferguson
- _ELEC: 1925, Texas, USA; Governor of Texas
- Census: 1930, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
- Census: 1940, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
- Residence: 1961, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
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Buried:
Governor Miriam Amanda Wallace and Governor James Edward Ferguson, buried togetherMiriam married James Edward Ferguson on 31 Dec 1899 in Bell County, Texas, USA. James was born on 31 Aug 1871 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; died on 21 Sep 1944 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Joseph Lapsley 'Joe' Wallace was born in 1833 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; died in 1899 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1860, Bell County, Texas, USA; Residence Post Office: Belton; Son of Meriam and Warner Wallace
- _MILT: Abt 1862, Texas, USA; Confederate Army - War Between the States; Sergeant; Company G, Texas 16th Cavalry Regiment
- Census: 1880, Bell County, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Married to Eliza; Relation to Head: Self
Joseph married Eliza Elmira Garrison on 4 Jul 1869 in Temple, Bell, Texas, USA. Eliza (daughter of Mitchell Garrison and Ellendor Twomey) was born on 10 Dec 1840 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; died in 1915 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Eliza Elmira Garrison was born on 10 Dec 1840 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA (daughter of Mitchell Garrison and Ellendor Twomey); died in 1915 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1880, Bell County, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Joe Wallace
- Census: 1910, Holland, Bell, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother of Warner Wallace
Children:
- 1. First Lady of Texas Miriam Amanda 'Ma' Wallace was born on 13 Jun 1875 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; died on 25 Jun 1961 in Temple, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
Generation: 3
6. Mitchell Garrison was born on 17 Dec 1807 in Tennessee, USA; died on 5 Aug 1855 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1850, Panola County, Texas, USA; Texas Land Title Abstracts
Mitchell married Ellendor Twomey on 5 Jan 1837 in Shelby County, Texas, USA. Ellendor (daughter of William Barrack Twomey, Sr and Nancy Ann Wayman) was born on 31 Mar 1819 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Nov 1883 in Bell County, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Ellendor Twomey was born on 31 Mar 1819 in Tennessee, USA (daughter of William Barrack Twomey, Sr and Nancy Ann Wayman); died on 21 Nov 1883 in Bell County, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1850, Panola County, Texas, USA
- Census: 1860, Bell County, Texas, USA; Residence Post Office: Belton; Married to William Garrison
- Census: 1870, Bell County, Texas, USA; Residence Post Office: Belton
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Died:
(Center Lake)Children:
- 3. Eliza Elmira Garrison was born on 10 Dec 1840 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; died in 1915 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA.
Generation: 4
14. William Barrack Twomey, Sr was born on 1 Jan 1793 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA (son of Patrick Joseph Twomey and Margaret Barrett); died in 1850. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: William Barrett Twomey
- _MILT: Oct 1836; Regular Army of Texas - Cavalry
William married Nancy Ann Wayman. Nancy was born on 3 Apr 1793 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Dec 1883 in Holland, Bell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Nancy Ann Wayman was born on 3 Apr 1793 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Dec 1883 in Holland, Bell, Texas, USA. Children:
- Teresa B Twomey was born on 12 Feb 1832 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Mar 1890 in Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA.
- Elizabeth A Twomey was born on 4 Nov 1835 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Mar 1916 in Bee County, Texas, USA.
- James Richard Twomey was born in 1830 in Tennessee, USA; died after 1861.
- W Haston Twomey was born on 4 Mar 1824 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Jun 1899 in Panola County, Texas, USA.
- 7. Ellendor Twomey was born on 31 Mar 1819 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Nov 1883 in Bell County, Texas, USA; was buried in Center Lake Cemetery, Bell County, Texas, USA.
- William Barrack Twomey, Jr was born on 4 Nov 1835 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Jun 1910 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA; was buried in New Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Kleberg, Texas, USA.
- Evan Ellis Twomey was born on 14 Mar 1817 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Dec 1898 in Eminence, Morgan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Walters Cemetery, Eminence, Morgan, Indiana, USA.